Improvement in paint compounds



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CARL AUGUST SITZLER, OF KITZINGEN, GERMANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAINT COMPOUNDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,130, dated December 2, 1873; application filed November 1, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL AUGUST SITZLER, of Kitzingen, Bavaria, in Germany, have invented a new and Improved Paint- Compound, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to improvement in paint compound, which is especially designed for protecting stone walls and outer surfaces of all kinds, cellar and stable walls, parts of machinery, &c.; being also useful for painting Wood in all colors, and producing wall and roof papers.

The compound is impervious to moisture and air, of great durability, and, though pliant and elastic, of great hardness after having thoroughly dried on the Objects by the free admission of air.

My invention consists, mainly, in the mixture of the following ingredients, and in the manner described, to wit: Four parts of silver ltharge are ground with one part 0 sesqu oxu e of man anese to which ten parts oTwhat I term bzdmul hnr-tur ientine are added. Sill asam 1s protucet y (issolving equal parts of sul )hur and linseed-oil in three times their WW7? n 1e dissolution being accelerated by hea ing the parts under suitable temperature. Fifteen parts of zinc-whit are then added to the foregoing, thoroughly ground therewith, and then combined with five parts of soluble 'lass five parts of Venice tur ientine, fivpar fs s )irits of turpentine, teen parts of oil twen -y parts of pulverized metal to iron an twenty parts of Porflgpgl mqnt, The whole compound is t en thorough y mixed and ground together, producing a bluish-gray paint, which may be colored to ny desirable tint by adding the coloring pigments in suitable quantity.

The paint is spread 011 the walls, wood, paper, or other article, in one or more thin coats, with a hard brush, after the walls have been thoroughly cleaned from all impurities, moisture, &c., and is then exposed to dry under a strong draft of fresh air, covering the objects completely, and assuming gradually a degree of hardness like that of stone or metal, which eifectually resists the wear and tear for a considerable length of time. The paint may, therefore, be used for protecting floors, either directly by painting, or indirectly by being placed on paper of suitable pattern, and may, in similar manner, he applied to rootings and other exposed parts, being, on account of its qualities, of almost unlimited application in the various trades.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The paint compound herein described, consisting mainly of pulverized iron, cement, oil varnish, spirits of turpentine, turpentine, soluble glass, mixed and combined with a ground solution of zinc-white, balsam of sulphur-turpentine, silver litharge, and manganese, substantially as and in the manner specified.

CARL AUGUST SITZLER.

Witnesses PAUL Gown, '1. B. MosnER.

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